Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and affiliated companies is a group of large U.S. insurance and financial services companies based in Columbus, OH.
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GREGORY J. GARBINSKI, Plaintiff, V. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
The following facts are taken from Plaintiff’s complaint. Garbinski was an insurance agent who represented Defendants from January 1, 2003 until April 9, 2009 pursuant to the Agent Agreement and the Securities Agreement. Defendants Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Nationwide General Insurance Company, Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Nationwide Assurance Company of Florida, Colonial County Mutual Insurance Company, and Nationwide Lloyds were party to the Agent Agreement with Garbinski. The Agent Agreement became effective January 1, 2003 and provided that either party could cancel the agreement at any time, with or without cause. Defendant Nationwide Securities Inc. was party to the Securities Agreement with Garbinski. The Securities Agreement was entered into by the parties on or about February 12, 2004 and contained a mandatory arbitration provision.. On April 9, 2009, Defendants cancelled Garbinski’s appointment to act as their insurance agent and cancelled the Agent and Securities Agreements. -Garbinski v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance (2011)